--- src/secure/lib/libssl/man/SSL_read.3	2008/09/06 20:43:00	1.11
+++ src/secure/lib/libssl/man/SSL_read.3	2008/09/27 21:04:48	1.12
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "SSL_read 3"
-.TH SSL_read 3 "2008-09-06" "0.9.8h" "OpenSSL"
+.TH SSL_read 3 "2008-09-27" "0.9.8i" "OpenSSL"
 .SH "NAME"
 SSL_read \- read bytes from a TLS/SSL connection.
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ needs of \fISSL_read()\fR. The action de
 non-blocking socket, nothing is to be done, but \fIselect()\fR can be used to check
 for the required condition. When using a buffering \s-1BIO\s0, like a \s-1BIO\s0 pair, data
 must be written into or retrieved out of the \s-1BIO\s0 before being able to continue.
+.PP
+\&\fISSL_pending\fR\|(3) can be used to find out whether there
+are buffered bytes available for immediate retrieval. In this case
+\&\fISSL_read()\fR can be called without blocking or actually receiving new
+data from the underlying socket.
 .SH "WARNING"
 .IX Header "WARNING"
 When an \fISSL_read()\fR operation has to be repeated because of
@@ -231,5 +236,6 @@ return value \fBret\fR to find out the r
 \&\fISSL_CTX_set_mode\fR\|(3), \fISSL_CTX_new\fR\|(3),
 \&\fISSL_connect\fR\|(3), \fISSL_accept\fR\|(3)
 \&\fISSL_set_connect_state\fR\|(3),
+\&\fISSL_pending\fR\|(3),
 \&\fISSL_shutdown\fR\|(3), \fISSL_set_shutdown\fR\|(3),
 \&\fIssl\fR\|(3), \fIbio\fR\|(3)